Sajid Ahmed Umar – Welcoming the 1st 10 days of Dhul Hijjah

			smilla rahmanir rahim hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was Salam ala rasulillah He also he
also limited slim and Catherine elomi Deen and my bad. Rubbish Ronnie sadri westerly Emery. While
you look at me Lisa, Annie, Yahoo. Ali appraises below belongs to Allah subhanho wa Taala we praise
Him and seek his assistance and guidance and we seek refuge in our Lord from the evil of ourselves
and the adverse consequences of our actions. We testify that whomsoever Allah guides, men can
misguide and whomsoever He was guides, then then can guide and we send salutations upon the final
messenger, Muhammad Ali Abdullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I bear witness that there is no one
		

			worthy of worship besides one Allah, and that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is his, his
messenger. My dearest brothers and elders in Islam, from the outset, asked Allah subhanho wa Taala,
to accept our worship, to forgive our past and to inspire our future. I mean, your blood I mean,
Allah subhanho wa Taala. He creates, and he is a Holic. And as he creates, he gives a special
precedence and rank to parts of his creation, over other parts of his creation, he is the owner of
everything in creation, thus does he create, and thus does he choose? Allah subhanho wa Taala. So
Allah subhanho wa Taala, for example, he created mankind, and out of all of mankind, he raised in
		

			rank, his profits, his MBA early he was Salatu was salam, and gave them a rank and precedents and
position above the rest of mankind. And as Allah subhanho wa Taala created his prophets, he chose
from them, his messengers, his rustle, and he gave them a position and precedent and rank above all
the other prophets of Allah subhanho wa Taala.
		

			And as Allah subhanho wa Taala raised his messengers above his profits, and profits above the rest
of mankind. He chose from his messages
		

			a few and he raised them in rank, and gave them a station above the rest of the messages. And these
few were given the title of oral Azmi Mina Rasul. The Prophet are the messengers of absolute
resolve, new Allah His Salah,
		

			Musa alayhis, salam, Elisa, Elisa Lam, Ibrahim alayhi salam, and our messenger Muhammad sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, he subhanho wa Taala created them and raised them and gave them a special rank
above the rest of mankind. And from these five, Allah chose to, and he raised them in rank above the
rest of those five, and he gave them the title of Cardinal law. And those two consisted of Ibrahim
alayhis salam, the father of the prophets, and our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and
from these two, Allah raised our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam above the rest, and he gave him
a rank and station and title, that no other creation of Allah subhanho wa Taala possessed thus Allah
		

			gave him the station of being the final messenger and the seal of all prophets. And like this, Allah
subhanho wa Taala, Allah created the angels, and he raised some angels higher in rank above other
angels. So he created the angels, but he gave a special precedent and rank to gibreel Allah, his
solemn and Mika, he and his Rafi he gave them a special rank over the rest of the other angels. And
Allah subhanho wa Taala raised these three angels above the rest of angels, but then he raised one
of them in rank above the rest of the angels. And that was gibreel alayhis salam, because Allah
subhanho wa Taala chose him to be the messenger of that which gives life to the heart, he made him
		

			in charge of Revelation and revealing that which Allah subhanho wa Taala revealed to his messengers
subhanho wa Taala. And like this, Allah subhanho wa Taala creates lands, he creates the earth and he
creates
		

			it lands and he raises some pieces of land
		

			above other pieces of land and gives these pieces of land a station and rank and precedents that
other lands do not have. So Allah subhanho wa Taala created the wealth created Earth, but he raised
in rank the lands of Palestine, and the lands of Medina and the lands of Makkah. He raised these
lands in rank, and he described these lands as blessed lands like this brothers and elders in Islam.
Allah subhanho wa Taala created the months of the year, and he raised some months
		

			above other months and gave them a rank and status that other months didn't have. So Allah subhanho
wa Taala gave a station and rank and precedents to the four sacred months the actual forum, Roger
and ricotta and Boucher and Mahara and we are living through one of these sacred months over a
period of sacred Manson's will hedgers will, will Canada and bullhead Jen Param are three sacred
months that come together with Roger being a sacred month, existing by itself amidst the months. And
then, above these months, Allah subhanho wa Taala raised the month of Ramadan, and the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said about this month, say to Shahar Ramadan, that Ramadan is the best
		

			of all months. And like this, Allah subhanho wa Taala created the days of the week, and he raised
the day of Joomla above the rest of the days and gave this day a special rank and precedents and
status. And we discussed in the last few months that I did hear a virtue from the virtues of this
day of Juma and one of these virtues is the fact that Allah subhanho wa Taala made this day the best
day upon which the sunrises of the lumen palette Allah He shrimps, Yama Juma, then Allah subhanho wa
Taala created the nights of the year, and he gave a special station to the last 10 nights of
Ramadan, and raised these nights above the rest of the nights of the year. And then as Allah created
		

			the last 10 nights of Ramadan, and gave these months a station and rank, he chose one night and made
it the best Night Out of all the nights of the last 10 of Ramadan, and all the nights of the year.
And that is known as later to the night of virtue and decree and power. And then Allah subhanho wa
Taala he created the days of the year, and he raised in rank 10 days above the rest of the days of
the year. And these days are known as the first 10 days of the hedger and as Allah created these 10
days and gave these 10 days, his rank and precedents and station, Allah chose one day and chose it
to be the best day of the year that Allah subhanho wa Taala created and this is the 10th of the
		

			hedgehog according to the stronger opinion and inshallah we will touch on it just now. And some
scholars say it is the ninth of the ninth being the day of arafah. So my dearest brothers and elders
in Islam I share with you this introduction to appreciate the season of worship that Allah subhana
wa Taala is bringing us into after a season of worship that Allah subhanho wa Taala took us out of
he took us out of the month of Ramadan, and the last 10 nights of Ramadan, or the last 10 of
Ramadan, which was a season of worship, but Allah is All Merciful. He brings to us the first 10 days
of the hijab, a season of worship, we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to give us life to witness those
		

			days. about
		

			these days, my dearest brothers and elders in Islam and before that, we remember the ayah in the
Quran, in which Allah Subhana who Allah says, Allah who yolu Masha
		

			McCann, Allahu Allah, that Allah He creates what He wills and he chooses to give a rank and station
to parts of his creation over others and no one has a decision in that process. This is from Allah
subhanho wa Taala. So these days that we are going into Allah subhanho wa Taala has chosen them. And
about these days the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said to use them in Yemen, and Armando
slowly foofy him. I have boo Illallah him in Haverhill, a militia, he said to his companions, Ravi
Allahu anhu, admitting that there are no days on which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah
subhanho wa Taala than righteous deeds that are performed during these 10 days.
		

			This is a mighty statement. And it is a statement that brings our hearts into a form of acute focus
because here the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam says there are no other days aside of these
days, the same worship that you do in these days will never be like the same worship that you do
outside of these days. And this statement grabbed the attention of the Sahaba Ravi Allahu anhu
mydomaine. So they asked the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for callooh jasola. They said, O
Messenger of Allah wellen, Jihad woofie sebelah, even striving in the path of Allah because this was
their way, the way of the Sahaba was the way of striving in the path of Allah and they knew the
		

			merits, that striving in the path of Allah held. So if they strove in the path of Allah, outside of
these 10 days, are we saying that we have acts of worship that are more beloved to Allah, than the
Jihad that we invested ourselves in outside of these days, our actions in these days better? The
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Well, she had to obey the law, even your jihad, in the
path of Allah does not beat the actions that you do. The worship that you observe, that is done
during these first 10 days of good hygiene. But then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
qualified his statement and said Ilayaraja hora giovinazzi he was a man he fell Amira, gentlemen,
		

			velyka Ba, he says, that not even jihad in the sake of for the sake of Allah is better and less in
the case of a man who goes out and in the path of Allah subhanho wa Taala with all of himself,
meaning solely for the sake of Allah alone, with all of his money, he leaves nothing of this dounia
behind, he goes out with everything, and he does not come back with anything meaning he has no way
of witnessing the first 10 days of the ledger because he passed away in the path of Allah subhanho
wa Taala. So this narration My dearest brothers and elders in Islam really sets the tone for the
season of worship, that is going to come to us in another generation in the narration of Ennis Ravi,
		

			Allah has a similar teaching, he narrates to us from the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam, in which
he says, that there is no deed that is better before Allah, or more greatly rewarded, then a good
deed done in the first 10 days of
		

			it was said, not even Jihad for the sake of Allah, he said, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, not even
Jihad for the sake of Allah unless a man goes out himself for jihad, taking with him his wealth, and
does not come back with anything. We also have further evidence about these first 10 days being
important and that is in the form of Allah subhanho wa Taala, taking an oath by these 10 days. Now
Allah subhanho wa Taala. In his book, he takes an oath by certain things, and there's several
virtues as to why he does so subhanho wa Taala. And one of the virtues of doing so is to highlight
to us how important this matter is to Allah.
		

			One of the reasons is also to grab our attention, but one of the virtues is to teach the Ummah, that
this method that ally is taking an oath by, it means a lot to Allah. So Allah said, well,
		

			while I am a national, Allah took an oath by the dawn, and then by the 10 knights and the scholars
of the sea, such as if an Abbess and others, Ravi Allahu anhu, murmuring, they say that these 10
nights that Allah subhanho wa Taala takes an oath by they refer to the first 10 days of the hedger.
So, really beyond doubt, we have evidence that is certain, teaching us that the first 10 days of the
hedger are special days, and it is a season of worship, and we need to prepare for these days, like
we prepared for Ramadan. These are not days that we should take for granted. We need to be ready to
consume these days from the moment Allah subhanho wa Taala brings these days to us and this was the
		

			way and manner of the pious predecessors before us, they would plan for the first 10 days of the
hedger as they would plan for Ramadan. Before we go into some of the acts that we can, we should be
aware of with regards to the first 10 days of bullhead. Jeff, one of the discussions between the
scholars have with regards to these 10 days is which 10 days or better, the last 10 days of Ramadan,
or the first 10 of the lecture, because these are both special days, and about them. The Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has taught us a lot. Some scholars said the last 10 have to be better
because these
		

			Hold layer two, and layer two other is better than 1000 months. Or they said that the best 10 are
the first 10 days of the ledger because these days hold the date of arafa and hold the own hedge
cover the greater day of hedge which
		

			we have evidence alluding to the fact that this refers to the 10th of Dhul hijjah. So these are two
views of the scholars then came after them scholars who tried to study the evidences that each
scholar gave to substantiate his view regarding which 10 is better. And even our job and family and
others like him no matter how much money they came with a good middle ground, and they said that the
last 10 days of Ramadan holds the best nights of the year, and the first 10 days of the hedgehog,
they hold the best days of the year. And there's a difference between the night and the day. And
this way, we join between the different evidences that teach us the merits of the last 10 of
		

			Ramadan, and the first 10 of the ledger. So the first 10 days of Google hedger constitute the best
10 days of the year, and the last 10 of Ramadan, constitute the best nights of the year. And this is
a middle way and perhaps the most acceptable view and Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah knows best. With
regards to the best day of the year I said to you that some of the scholars say that it is the ninth
of the hijab, and others say that is it is the 10th and the stronger opinion and Allah knows best is
that it is the 10th of the head.
		

			The best day of the year is the 10th of the hijab. Why? Because we have
		

			statements from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam about this in one of the narrations. He says
after a year in de la Yamuna, that the best day with Allah is the day of inertia. And the day of
refers to the day that the slaughter takes place in and that is the 10th of Dhul hijjah. When, in
another narration, we know that Allah subhanho wa Taala discusses the greatest day of Hajj, and in
another narration, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam described it as well to be the 10th day
of the picture. Also, the scholars offer other reasons why the 10th is the best they say because on
the ninth,
		

			Allah subhana wa, Allah forgives, and forgiveness entails clearing up the sins or clearing up the
mess. But on the 10th day, Allah subhanho wa Taala rewards and rewards constitutes a form of
polishing. So you clean the surface on the ninth and on the 10th you painted, right so it becomes
more beautiful than it was before. If you have a surface and some impurity falls on that surface,
and you remove the impurity, the surface is clean, but it's not as beautiful as when you paint over
it, or you apply some fragrance to it. So the scalesia on the ninth Allah cleans our surfaces cleans
our slates, right? But on the 10th Allah subhanho wa Taala rewards we know that they have eight is a
		

			day of jazza it is a day of reward. So on this day, Allah subhanho wa Taala freezes slaves from the
Hellfire and Allah subhanho wa Taala fills the slates with good deeds with rewards for good deeds.
So, here we have a form of polishing and polishing always constitutes that which is better. They
also say that one of the reasons why the 10th is better than the ninth is because there are more
acts of worship on the 10th such as spending the 19 was dead if this happens on the 10th of such as
pelting the jamara. This happens on the 10th. Then power from the Kaaba, and then deciding between
sofa and Moreau, and then the slaughtering of the animal and then the shaving of the head all these
		

			are forms of a bed, which we find concentrated on one day, the 10th of Dhul hijjah and Allah
subhanho wa Taala Allah knows best from this brothers and elders in Islam. When it comes to the
first 10 days of oral hygiene we asked the question What can we do to ensure that we take wholesale
from these days then immediately we say that one of the best things you can do during these days is
to go for Hajj. Mashallah, we have many from the community this year, going for hygiene, some have
left already and we ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to ease the journey and the Hajj and to accept from
them the journey and the pilgrimage. I mean, we all know except from those who performed the Hajj
		

			before And may Allah facilitate those who haven't done the hedge to attend the hedge in the future.
I mean, so the hedge is the best act of worship that you can perform during these days. And with
regards to the hedge
		

			We can't speak about it without discussing the Kaaba because Ibrahim alayhi salam, the Kaaba and the
story of Hajj stems from his completion of building discover.
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala he tells us in his book was the Infinity bill Hajj to curry Jalla wa ala
cultivo Maria Tina min Khalifa genomic. Allah says to Ibrahim, after he boots the Kaaba and proclaim
the pilgrimage to mankind. Allah commanded Ibrahim to stand up on a high station and to announce the
hedge to the people. So then Allah subhanho wa Taala said that they will come to you on foot and
they will come to you mounted on animals and they will come to you through deep and distant mountain
highways. So this was the commander of Allah subhanho wa Taala t Rahim Allah Salah emember carbery
Rahim Allah. He says that even our best reports that Ibrahim Alayhi Salam said to Allah after Allah
		

			gave him this command, that Oh my Lord, how can I convey to the people with my voice will never
reach them.
		

			So Allah subhanho wa Taala responded back and said believe Wiley and Bella, it is your job to convey
and I will cause your conveyance to reach. This is what Allah subhanho wa Taala said to Brahim
Allah, his Salah. So Ibrahim Alayhi Salam stood on a high station, and he announced and said, Oh,
mankind, your Lord has established a house, this house which Ibrahim just built the Kaaba, so come
to it, in pilgrimage. And when he did this, Allah subhanho wa Taala caused the mountains to become
lowered, so that the voice would reach all the regions on Earth, including those who are in the
wombs of their mothers. This is what we hear from even our best and even those who are yet to be
		

			born. This message reach them and brothers and elders in Islam. We live this reality today. Because
we know about the pilgrimage we know about the hedge, we know how to observe the hedge and we see
millions attending the hedge end. And that is why the believer goes to hedge announcing lab bake
that here I am Allah the bake lamella bake. Here I am Allah meaning I'm answering the call of
Ibrahim Alayhi Salam that you commanded him to make the call. And you promised that you would convey
his call, that call has reached me and I am answering this call. So Hajj is the best act of worship
that one can do during these days. Now for those who are not going for hedge and even for those
		

			going for hedge credit, sometimes it's difficult for those going for hedge to cover some of the
other acts of worship. But Allah subhanho wa Taala is All Merciful. He doesn't leave a portion of
his creation, astray without guidance, especially when they are about to enter a season of worship.
So Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah teaches his messengers from Allahu alayhi wa sallam to teach the
residents, those who will not be going for Hajj. And let's not forget that according to one of the
views of the scholars, Hajj became compulsory in the sixth year after hedge, which means the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam performed hedge many years after it became compulsory, because Macau was
		

			blocked and the Muslims couldn't go and attend the hedge. So they knew that they were in a season of
worship, what should they do? And what would they do? So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
shared with them from his guidance acts that they should not leave, or acts that they should be
diligent with, especially during the first 10 days of the lecture. And the first of these acts is
too fast, too fast. The 10 days of good hygiene when we say 10 we mean the first night, because you
can't fast on the 10th The 10th is the day of eat so too fast. The first nine days of good hygiene
we know from the lessons that you heard during Ramadan, that Allah subhanho wa Taala his reward for
		

			fasting is from the greatest of rewards, right? The rewards for fasting, actually a blank check.
Right? Allah subhanho wa Taala says the fastest for me, why? Because my slave who was the who was
the actually my slave leaves his food and his drink and his desires for my sake. So the fastest for
me and I will report rewards the fast personally or I am the reward for the one who fasts which
means that on the day of piano wherever your shortfall is, Allah subhanho wa Taala will bring out
your fast and make it work for you on that day. So you enter not just any paradise, but a great
paradise because Allah has a paradise for those who fasted, right? So fasting, especially during
		

			these days is something that we have to do because there's no better time.
		

			Remember what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that your act during these days are the
best, the same act the same voluntary fast on any other day does not equate in terms of reward, and
belovedness to Allah than the act done during these days. So we should try and fast the first nine
days of the ledger, for those who can't fast the first nine, then fast every second day, in the
first time. If this is difficult for you, then fast at least every Monday and Thursday, within the
first nine of the ledger. And if you can't do that, then be sure to fast at least the night of the
lecture, because Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam taught us that the one who first the ninth
		

			of guhagar, Allah will remove his minuses for two years or two years worth of minuses will be
deleted of your slides as Allah deletes the slides of the judge on the day of arafa. For those who
fast Allah will expiate the minuses for the previous year, and the upcoming year. This is amazing,
an amazing reward from Allah subhanho wa Taala for just a small act, right? This is the reality of
Allah being generous, and being Kareem that He rewards us with a mighty reward for a little effort.
So even if you can't fast the nine Allah knows our circumstances and situations differ. Allah
ensures that we have the nine that is one day in which we receive a mighty reward in terms of the
		

			Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who needed even harlot robiola, and he narrates from his wife,
that one of the wives of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wasallam, used to fast on the first nine days of the hijab, and the day of Ashura, which is
the 10th of Muharram, and the three days each month, meaning the 13th 14th and 15th, and he used to
fast the Monday of the month, and two are the first Monday of the month and two Thursdays and this
narration has been considered authentic and something attributed to one of the wives of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam about the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam another act of worship that
		

			we need to ensure we observe during these days is reciting the the meat and the delille and the
takbeer in a great way, and in fact that the COVID of these days, covers the tallien and the meat
when I say meat, I mean Alhamdulillah when I say Tallinn, I mean La la la la. When I say tech b i
mean Allahu Akbar, right this is the Arabic language has a has a way of giving sentences in the
name, like for example, we have for Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim. It's called Best mela and for
example, the higher Allah salah and higher alfalah in the Arabic language, it's called Hey Allah,
this is the Arabic language has the depths to give nouns to certain phrases. So when we say that
		

			means we mean Alhamdulillah This is a phrase when we say delille we mean La ilaha illa Allah, this
is a phrase, when we say that could be we mean Allahu Akbar. Allah says Leah had woman after Allah
who was Kuru smella heafy, a man who met Allah says, so that they may witness Allah benefits to
them. And then they mentioned the name of Allah on the appointed days. Some of the scholars of the
FSI have said that the appointed days here in this area in Surah Al Hajj refers to the first 10 days
of good hedger. So Allah commands us to remember him during these first 10 and it was narrated from
Abdullah Ibn Umar radi Allahu anhu man that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said that there
		

			are no days that are greater before Allah, or in which good deeds are more beloved to him than these
10 days. So recite a great deal of the holy water could be with ashmead meaning recite in,
manifestly, and in abundance. Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illa Allah and Alhamdulillah now
		

			during these 10 days, we have a Kabir of these 10 days, which we know as Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,
La ilaha illallah wa Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allah him. This takbeer has two versions to it. It
has it is a restricted version. And there's an open version, the open version refers to you reciting
it. From the moment the first 10 days arrive, reciting it from the moment the first 10 days arrive
until the 13th of
		

			these are the days for the step up. In fact, the scholars say there is no better Vicar of Allah
aside of the Quran, then this could be why because this duck very specific to these days you can
observe it outside of these days or outside of the days of eat. So, in this duck
		

			We have the Allahu Akbar. We have the Shangri La. And we have the La Ilaha Illa. And there's
different versions of the stubbier. All of them are correct. One version is to say Allahu Akbar,
Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illAllah Allahu Akbar.
		

			Another version is to say Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, La ilaha illallah wa Allahu Akbar, Allahu
Akbar, Allahu Akbar. So you increase another Allahu Akbar at the end.
		

			This is also okay. It's been reported from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, or something
established in the Sharia. We said
		

			takbeer is to say, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. So we have three, Allahu Akbar La ilaha
illAllah, who Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allah. So any version, you know suffices, be sure to
repeat it. But also be sure to repeat it in a way that you understand it in a way that you develop
from it. A lot of us do the current hamdulillah. But the question is, do we benefit from the vicar
Vicar is not a means of just keeping the tongue moist with a recitation void of contemplation. The
Vicar that benefits is the one that carries the greatest rewards. And that is the record that is
food or coupled with contemplation. And some of the scholars say that this is the therapy Rafi
		

			brought him at his center. And that is why it has a presence especially during these days. Because
when Allah told him, or revealed to him in a in a dream, to slaughter his son, this was something
that is difficult for a human being. It's even more difficult for a father. It's even more difficult
for a father who asked Allah for a child for decades. And then he only got it when he was 19 years
old. But this is what a lot of you to him to see whether he had anything else in his heart other
than Allah. And he proved in action, that he had only Allah in his heart, and everything else that
he loved. He had it in his hands, but he only had Allah in his heart. But as he was going through
		

			the process, the steps of taking his son and walking with his son through the plains of what we call
to the Minar, to the place of slaughter, and human nature is overtaking him. He was teaching himself
of his place in front of Allah, so he would say Allahu Akbar, Allah is greater. Allahu Akbar, Allah
is greater, greater than me greater than my son, greater than my desires. La ilaha illa Allah, there
is no one worthy of worship besides Allah Allahu Akbar, he is greater will Illa heal him for him is
all praise. Whatever he does, he does good. He was teaching himself Allah, his Salah, repeat
repeating the takbeer teaching himself to ensure that human nature doesn't cause him to, to verge
		

			off.
		

			What Allah subhanho wa Taala commanded him to do, and in that instance, that was the straight path.
Then as he meets the Shah pain, he tells them saying Allahu Akbar, Soto, Judge Pelton, see Allahu
Akbar, Allah is greater than what the shamans were telling him about human nature and about his son
and about, you know, slaughtering your son being barbaric and so on and so forth. He slaughtered
them. He stole them, remembering who commanded him and who is great. And then as he lays his son
down, he sees what he sees. It has an effect on him. He teaches himself Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,
La ilaha illallah wa Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allah him when he sharpening the knife. Can you
		

			imagine what's going through his heart and what's going through his mind and what's going through
his veins, but he keeps on teaching himself that Allah is greater than me, my desires, my son, that
he takes the knife and he puts it on his on the neck of his son, and In the name of Allah saying,
Allahu Akbar, that Allah is greater. He carries up the command knowing that this is what my lord who
is greater than me, has told me to do. But Allah didn't make the nice cut. Because the knife only
cuts with the will of Allah just like fire only burns with the will of Allah. When Ibrahim as a
young boy, he was thrown into the fire. Allah commanded the fire to be cool, right ya know, Cooney,
		

			Baroda, wa salam, and Allah if Rahim, Allah commanded the fire to be cool and safe for Ibrahim. And
the scholars have to say, If Allah just commanded the fire to be cool, without commanding the fire
to be safe, then Ibrahim would have frozen in that position. Right? So nothing happened except with
the will of Allah. So Allah you set the knife's ability to cut. And then Allah says wafaa, Dana will
be dependent of him, instead of his son, we gave him an alternative. And that was varam. So this is
the reality of the takbeer, mightier brothers and elders in Islam. And we need to use this
especially in this day and age, with vise becoming rampant and people going through different
		

			circumstances and situations, whether financially whether economically, whether politically, whether
socially, and so on, and
		

			so forth. This is the especially a season of worship a time for us to train our HELOC train your
character, train your belief Some of us have, we have issues we have, we have character issues and
this is normal, right? We're not created perfect. But this is the time to humble yourself. This is
the time to train yourself to be humble to train yourself to become a submitted to the will of Allah
because this is what Islam is to submit to the will of Allah in the moment you live in. This is what
the Brahim was doing. So this Kabir is a means that as you repeat it throughout these days of Hajj,
you say Allahu Akbar, you teach yourself that you are nothing in front of Allah. Yes, you have your
		

			ways. You have your views. You have your opinions you have today everyone, right? I feel this is
what I feel. This is my view. This is my opinion, this is a chance to teach yourself that Allah is
greater. And what he has revealed means more. As we discussed this whole issue of the sacrifice of
Ibrahim alayhis salam, we come to the next act of worship, which is the old here and the old here is
not the heading the heading is a sacrifice that a pilgrim does for those who are determined to Hajj
appear on Hajj, then the sacrifice that you do, which is part of the Hajj, this is called l heavy.
But the head the the sacrifice that those who are not performing had to do is known as the ATA, or
		

			better in our societies as the crow bang. This is one of the greatest acts of worship that we can do
during these 10 days with regards to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and it's even better
medic says that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he snorted cappuccini amila Haney ochrony
he slaughtered two
		

			RAMs, which had a white and black
		

			speckles on it. And he slaughtered them with his own hand. And he said Allahu Akbar, Allah is
greater was putting his foot on the neck of the ramp. So to ensure that that the position where he
was going to cut was stable, which means they would no further discomfort would happen to the animal
and this teaches us how the Sahaba would watch exactly what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
was doing that even in a narration like this, that give you a they would depict the exact action of
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam in the narration of Abdullah ibn aroma, radi Allahu Allahu
Allah, the Prophet sallallahu and he says that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam stayed in
		

			Medina for 10 years, offering the sacrifice every year on the day of rate, right. So here we see
that this is a stressor. In fact, in the Hanafi method, this is a big, it is something compulsory
that everyone who is able has to do. In another narration of biodynamic, he says that the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam shared out the sacrificial animals amongst his companions. So aucuba he
got a sheep that was six months old only. Right? So he went to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam about the six month old sheep. And he said, My sheep is only six months in age, and the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, offer it as a sacrifice. And the reason why this narration
		

			is mentioned is because here we see the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam teaching us that the
odds here, number one is a great act of worship during these 10 days. Number two, there's rules and
regulations about it. And the more you conform to the rules and regulations, the greater reward you
will receive from the odd here. So one of the first rules, and this is one we all know is that the
animal that is sacrificed should be from the anatomy, the loss is behemoth, Elena. So it has to be
from the anatomy, it has to be from the camels, or from the cows, or a sheep or a goat, right. These
are the only animals that are accepted in the world here. Secondly, there's a stipulated age that
		

			the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned before you're out here can be accepted, you can't
just go to any animal, the animal must have reached the stipulated age. And in the sooner we find
the age of mature or dimension of maturity being mentioned, except in a circumstance when you when
you don't have that animal. Then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam allowed a gender, which is
a six month old lamp. This is the exception, that if you don't have any animal of age, then from the
lambs, you can choose a six month old lamp and this would suffice and the sooner list for us, the
different ages for the different animals. This is
		

			we can discuss it quickly. In the case of camels. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said the
minimum age is five years old. For cattle for cows, it's two years old. For sheep. It's one year
old, but if you don't have then you can slaughter a lamb of six months old. Also, the animals should
be free of any default of any defect. When you choose the animal, it should be free of any defect
and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned
		

			obvious defects defects that are noticeable, you should stay away from it such as the animal having
a defect in one of its eyes. Or, for example, the animal showing symptoms of illness like having a
fever, for example or not having an appetite to eat this is a sign that the animal is Ill also, he
advised us against slaughtering animals that have obvious lameness, they have difficulty walking,
and also animals that have weak bone, a weak bone marrow, right is known as emaciation. It's a
condition that causes the animal to have weak bone marrow is the animal is of this nature, that this
is not the animal that should be slaughtered. So these are some of the rules and regulations
		

			pertaining to the slaughter. One important mentioned since we're on this topic and since many are
some get the slaughter done outside of the country that the observe the eat in,
		

			we have to ensure that the slaughter is done after the Eat, Pray is complete, Allah says for
suddenly there have become unhappy. The scholars of the theater say Allah mentioned Salah before the
sacrifice, so the sacrifice must happen first, then, sorry, the Salah must happen first, then the
sacrifice and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam also stipulated this in a narration in the
Sunnah.
		

			And the scholars say that whoever sacrifices before they complete, they read Salah, then they need
to sacrifice again, because that sacrifice is considered a sadaqa is not considered the sacrifice of
food here. So bear this in mind, if you are sending your money outside of the country, and asking
them to slaughter on your behalf, ensure that you inform them that they slaughter should be after
you observe your eat, it could happen that they observe it eat a day before you and then after eat,
they started the animal on your behalf, this is not counted. So you should inform them that your eat
is delayed. And you do have until the 13th of the hedgehog for your sacrifice to happen.
		

			One of the things that the scholars mentioned about these days is that it's preferable and
recommended for those who are sacrificing not to cut the nails or their hair
		

			and to mimic or resemble a person who is in the State of Israel. Right now the majority of the
scholars say this is something recommended with Mr. Ashman having the view that this is compulsive,
and whoever wants to slaughter they can't touch any anything from their from their skin can't remove
any hair can't remove any nails until the slaughter is complete. Mr. Mohammed views this as
compulsory but the majority of the role ama considered recommended. So this is something we should
try and mimic. If Allah subhanho wa Taala makes it easy for us. Then brothers and elders in Islam,
we have all the other acts of worship that we know, there's no limit to what you can do in these
		

			days. Whatever you do, no matter how big no matter how small, understand that you will be doing it
in the best of days where the rewards for those acts are great. So you should make a list of what
you can do. Right or when what you have done. That's how you prepare for these days. So not to
		

			revive it, right maybe you were doing it in Ramadan and it slipped a little bit, right The sooner.
The sooner prayers around the federal prayers, revive it, waking up with the head you revive it,
reading your Quran, maybe in Ramadan, you within half a juice after Ramadan, it went down to a
quarter pick up again go to half. Or if you didn't half pick up again go to three quarters, right?
Have a plan. Right? Whenever you plan for something great, something exciting you plan well like how
we plan for holidays, like how we plan for the opening day of school, for example, how we plan
		

			our businesses and so on and so forth. This is Dr. Oz Allah, this is a business transaction with
Allah subhanho wa Taala. So plan, make sure you write it down, you have a board, on your tablet on
your device has a program that you might, you know, program related to the first 10 days of the
ledger. And it's your program on how you're going to execute your strategy in ensuring that you take
wholesale from this month, because brothers and elders in Islam. You and I both know that there were
people who were with us last week, and we buried them right they're not with us this week. There's
no guarantee that you will get another 10 days. Right. So this is not the time to take chances. This
		

			is not the time to be lazy, especially when it comes to you and your paradise because there's no
greater assets that you have than paradise and Paradise is our asset and losses in the law. Hasta la
mina and fusa home will be another homegirl Jana Allah has purchased your life and your money in
exchange for general. Right so he gave you agenda and in exchange for it. He bought your life and
your money. That's why you have to live how he wants and you have to spend the money how he wants
because the transaction happened. So our greatest asset is gentlemen
		

			You don't want to be messing about with that great asset. Finally, brothers and elders in Islam.
		

			I want to share with you because we discussed how the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam spotted
corruption. Among the highly acclaimed he started these two Rams it is narrated and when he did so
he told the HR of the law and how to distribute the meat
		

			of these animals. And he walked out to do some other work. When he came back. He asked Alisha, how
much of the how much meat remains, how much meat remains. And this is testimony to Ayesha and his
selflessness as she loved giving sadaqa This is one of our greatest one of the acts that she focused
on during the first 10 days of the head, Jan during her life, but especially during the first 10
days of the hedge. Right? So you told her how much remains. So she said to him, oh prophet of Allah,
nothing remains except the shoulder of the animal and we know the shoulder has the least meat.
Right? That the shoulder has the nice meaning I gave everything was excellent for the sake of Allah
		

			except the shoulder or cookies for us. Nothing remains except the shoulder. So he said to her
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said, Oh, I
		

			don't say nothing remains except to say everything remains except the shoulder. Right? Because what
you gave to Allah that truly remains, except the shoulder that we will eat, and this won't remain.
So what you deposit with Allah subhanho wa Taala This is what will truly remain. And I know today
people say cash problems, this problem, okay, this ecocash ecocash is acceptable, right? But if you
still feel that even ecocash is maybe there's a problem with the network, then there's different
ways to do sadaqa it doesn't only have to be financial, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said
		

			he commanded the companions to give sadaqa so they said to him, from Allah, Majid, what about the
one who doesn't have money? And what about the one who doesn't have money? So he said, Yeah, I'm a
big fan fan,
		

			fan, Fan Fan, EFSA who he should work with his hands and earn the money. So he benefits himself, and
then he can give sadaqa with the extra. Then they said, Okay, what if he doesn't have a job for me?
He said, then he should go and help someone who is in need, and this would be a sudden,
		

			right? Then they said, okay, but what if he doesn't find someone in need, then he says, Then he
should do good deeds, and he should stop himself from creating harm. He shouldn't work in a manner
that brings harm to other people, you can help other people in the least don't harm them. So these
are all lessons. these are these are all forms of, and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says,
fine, this is when you act in a way you bite your tongue when you need to, because speaking will
bring harm. There's no good in it. This is a sad, right? So look after all these forms of sadaqa.
Because all our sadaqa remains, I end up with a story that one of our Messiah mentioned to us about
		

			a man from Egypt, who performed Hajj 30 times when the chef met him. And the chef asked him that,
how did you manage with the situation in Egypt and so on and so forth? And they have a quota and
		

			restrictions? How did you manage to come up with the hedge 30 times?
		

			And this person said, dhf,
		

			I can't explain why don't have the certain answer, except for one matter that I think is the reason
why Allah has given me this, because truly the years where I intend not to go for Hajj, but on the
ninth of June, I find myself when something happens and I'm there. For the chef said what happened,
he says, during my first Hajj after arafa we It was a tiring day, it was a hot day, we got onto the
bus. And when I got onto the bus a bit late, when I got onto the bus, there was an old lady at the
back. And she was complaining that her feet were hurting. And the way the bus was designed. It was
designed in a way that the seats at the back had little legs.
		

			And it was for those who paid less. And the seats in the front had greater legroom for those who
paid more. So she was asking for a seat in the front, and the organizers were refusing. So I sat on
the bus and I could hear, you know, complaining and moaning and expressing a difficulty. So I got up
and I went to her. And I said my dear mother, you take my seat, I'll sit here. And in response, she
said, My dear son, may Allah bring you to our office.
		

			So Pamela, right. And this is a very telling thing, brothers and others in Islam because I'm ending
on sadaqa and not bringing harm towards the people and bringing goodness to the lives of other
people. The reality is, and as Addy robiola when he says in
		

			Law, nothing is nothing. Allah has kept two things hidden in two things. He's kept your knowledge of
his happiness hidden after you worship. You don't know. He's kept that hidden, and he's kept your
knowledge of his Olia hidden as well. This is what he said. And for many months I contemplated over
this statement. Because why did you choose these two things to mention? How did he realize that
these are the two hidden things? Surely there's other hidden things? Why is he highlighting these
two hidden things. And over time, it dawned upon me that in the first instance, when he says Allah
has kept your knowledge of his happiness hidden.
		

			The wisdom behind it is so that you keep on worshiping.
		

			You don't worship Allah and the scorecard system. If you worship Allah, and he told you that your
worship was accepted, or told you that it wasn't accepted, you'll be marking scorecards, you'll be
looking at how much profit you have that look, I've got assets here. I can, I can have a few days
rest, right? This is human nature. So Allah keeps it hidden.
		

			So you don't know. So you were you wake up and the next day after you woke up the previous day, and
you fast The next day, as you fasted the previous Ramadan, because you don't know. But this is not a
punishment from Allah. As you can see, it's a mess. Right? By doing this, a wise helping us acquire
for ourselves that religion. But also there's another reason and this donor to me years later.
		

			And that is the opportunity to worship Allah, through having good hope in Allah. This is another
event. Do you have good thoughts about Allah? If Allah told you, your event is accepted, that was
it. But if you worship Allah, and he doesn't tell you, it's accepted. Now you have a chance to have
good hope in Allah that He has accepted. And this is what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
told us that no one should die except that they should die having good hope in Allah, that they will
meet him on the day of pm and be pleased.
		

			And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Canada, you're used to love positivity. So through Allah
not telling us or keeping our knowledge of his acceptance hidden. It gives us the chance to continue
worshipping Him and then also to worship Him through having good hoping. So you prefetcher Allah
rewards you and Allah He wants you for having good hoping that he accepted your future. Right. So
this is one point, that and this is if you ponder over it, this is in relation, or this is between
you and Allah. The second point when he says Allah has kept your knowledge of his Olia hidden.
		

			This is related to the effect. We have Coca Cola. That's the first statement, but for vocally bad.
Imagine if you and I knew who the earlier of our we'd only have a few numbers in our mobile phone
who needs the rest right? You only have a few friends on Facebook who don't need the rest. These are
the only afula we have them. They make dua for us is done deal, right? So Allah keeps your knowledge
of his Olia hidden
		

			so that you are not picky and choosey with the rights of the creation of Allah, you strive in being
good to every human being.
		

			Because you never know. One day you might give your seat on the bus to one of those human beings and
they will make dua for you. And it will be the opening of your dunya and akhira in an instant,
right? This is this Masada case. So you should intend this when you intend to help someone intended
to be a sada can ask and make it for the sake of Allah right and and when you intend to withhold
harm from someone sometimes we help other people we know that they're going to be in a problem. So
before they get into a problem, you know, jump into the situation and help and you don't have to
tell them afterwards that a you are going to be in a big problem. Lucky this guy told me so I sorted
		

			it out for you. You don't have to say it's between you and Allah and that is a soccer coach you
deposit it was Allah Subhana Allah subhanho wa Taala grant us the understanding I mean everything
correct said is from Allah alone, and he's perfect in any mistakes or for myself and Shabbat and I
seek His forgiveness to kind of level behind these Anaconda home or be handed nature to Allah Allah
a land owner to boo la casa de la
		

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